Obs. rare1. (See quot.)

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1641.  H. Best, Rural Economy in Yorkshire in 1641 (Surtees), 97. Olde sheepe and lambes as doe shoote are to be gotten and feased, i.e.: to have all the woll under theire tayle, and aboute theire fundament, clipped away, to prevent the breedinge of malkes.

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